Transsexuals sue pub landlord

Wednesday 23 July 2003 23:00 BST

Five male to female transsexuals who were thrown out of a pub were discriminated against because of the way they were dressed and because they were thought to be "out of the ordinary", it was claimed today.

The group - only one of whom had undergone sex-change surgery - were ejected from the Red Lion pub in Thornby, Northants, after meeting for a drink on March 2 last year.

Landlord John Gawthorp, 53, has told Northampton County Court that he refused to serve four of the group after some customers complained that one of the women used the ladies' toilets.